فرقہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فرقه (firqa), from Arabic فِرْقَة (firqa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fɪɾ.qɑ(ː)/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: فِر‧قَہ

Noun

فِرْقَہ • (firqa) m (Hindi spelling फ़िरक़ा)

1. (religion) religious sect
2. (sociology) cult
3. (by extension) faith, religion
4. community, group

   Synonym: گِروہ (giroh)

Declension

Declension of فرقہ
	singular	plural
direct	فرقَہ (firqah)	فرقے (firqe)
oblique	فرقے (firqe)	فرقوں (firqõ)
vocative	فرقے (firqe)	فرقو (firqo)

Related terms

• مَذْہَب (maẕhab)

Further reading

• “فرقہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “فرقہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “فرقہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.